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...gulf I perceive between the athletes and myself the result of some fundamental change in intellect—in rapidly amassing vast amounts of knowledge. I am not arrogant enough to think that my brain has undergone, in just three years, a fundamental retooling. I have not ascended from pathetically low ”high school” level of intellect to the “college” one. No, I feel different from the rowers simply because I have been around for a bit longer and, in that brief period of time, have packed more than my share...
...within the committee we all made this decision together and we all believe it’s the right decision,” she says. “The vast majority of the time there’s nothing we can point to...there’s no formula...
...event, the reality is that testing doesn't catch most workers who use drugs. The vast majority undergo examinations only when they apply for a job, and they can pass by abstaining from drugs for a reasonable period before the test - or by using a variety of masking agents or devices that make their urine seem clean...
...radius of the city center and be able to recite a set litany of 320 routes or "runs" - in both directions. This feat of memory is so daunting that it is capitalized as "the Knowledge," and scientists have found that in order to accommodate such a vast mental map, the posterior hippocampus of a London cabbie's brain, the bit responsible for spatial memory and navigation, actually grows bigger than those of mere humans. And yet, as demonstrated in The Book of Dave, the latest novel by British author Will Self, the Knowledge alone will not save your life...
...investors over the past few weeks, hoping to lure them into a stock listing in London and Moscow later this month that could raise as much as $11.7 billion, making the company worth up to $80 billion. It seems like a compelling story: Rosneft's oil reserves are vast, its costs are low by international standards, and the fact that it will remain majority-owned by the Russian state after the flotation will ensure it receives preferential treatment at home. And the company claims it's playing by Western rules; a veteran European banker has joined the board...